The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-27

his own business, ana ~ was Only NJ ionB
intervals that heard their voices as they
talked To each other
.On the evening Of the second day W.
had got well into the mountains, ana
when we drove mp to Banks Station,
where we took suprerand changed horses,
| began 10 think We would get through
safely. Both passengers got ont to eat,
and ! noticed that the manner OF the
Young man had ranked ~ tenderioot
was even more nervous than IL mad been
when we left Denver. and | sized him up
as being unfit for the country into which
he was going We stayed at the station
about half an hour. and then ] saw my
two passengers safely inside and climbed
ON my box Just a | was gathering up
the lines old Banks came out and told me
he had seen a man drive 10y with led
horse lust before dark. and / had better
he careful not TO run over him. At this
saw my tcnderfOot stick his head out OF
the window, but he quickly pulled it in
again, and drove on.
"Just as daylight was beginning toyp
pear over the top of the high mountains [
drove up 10 the first station before reach
ing Leadville, and dismounted from the
box with n sigh of relief. As / felt that
now an danger was over. But when put
my head into the stage door TO arouse my
paseengcrs drew back with n yell of sur
prise and horror. In the dim light ] could
plainly see that there was only % man in-
side. and from his strange position ! knew
something was wrong When / threw
open the door / found the only occupant
of the siege was the man who was going
10 buy the mines he was stone dead and
cold. His throat had been cut from ear
10 ear There was no doubt that my
tenderfoot was the murderer, and after
killing his fsllOw traveller and securing his
belt with the money. he had crawled
through the rear window OF the stage and
dropped of into the road. He had evil
IDENTIFY taken the journey with the
sole purpose Of committing the murder
and taking the plumber. When we
carried the dead man into the station we
found Capt Rawiins, of the Denver
mounted police force, and three Of his
men, who were out hunting for desper-
ADDE'S. They Immediately gave up all
other business and started in pursuit Of
the murderer The result OF the hunt /
heard from the captain himself Half way
between the two stations he found by the
road side place where a camp fire had
been built, and where two horses mad evi-
IDENTITY been tied 10 a tree BY the side OF
the fire was the murdered mans empty
belt For four DAYS the captain and his
three men followed the trail of the muir
derer and his companion through the
mountains. At last one night, just be-
fore dark, they came upon the despera-
does in "a mountain gorge. Both men
were seated on the ground. Cautiously
the captain and his men crept up To the
unconscious rufiians. Each officer
brought his gun 10 bear on one of the
men and then Capt Rawlins called on
them 10 Surrender Without an instant's
hesitation each man grabbed his gun and
opened fire on the officers Al the first
discharge from the officers the man who
had committed the murder fell,
and moment later his cOmpan-
beside him. On examining them Capt
Rawlns found that the younger KAN,
who had been in the stage. was not quite
dead. Toward morning the young man
revived sufficiently ~ talk. He refused
TO give MS name ana III was never KNOW III.
He said however. that Amos Y. Townsend
was the leader the gang and had planned
the murder and commissioned him 10
execute it on the other man papers
were found which proved beyond qces-
tion that Townsend was indeed, the vile
lain which the dying murderer said he
was
Capt Rawlins waited until his prisoner
died. and then FASTENED 10 Denver 10 ar
rest Townsend He found The old MUIR
derer in his shop and quickly put him
under arrest
Here the old man stretched himself and
slowly descended from his seat But. 80
said J. what became of TownsendF'
Capt BID walked 20 the stable door and
threw 10 open said be. stranger. you
see that tree down the street Well. the
night Townsend was arrested lot of
mas ked men took him ont of jail without
much trouble. and the next morning he
was found hanging from that big limb
there. lie also had tWenty-seven bullets
in his body 81. NJ W" in New York
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